Algeria: Religious minority leader arrested in Algeria: Mohamed Fali

8 September 2017, Index number: MDE 28/7079/2017

Mohamed Fali, the president of the Ahmadiyya religious community, was arrested in Algeria on 28 August. On 6 September, he was tried at the Ain Tedles Court of First Instance on charges arising from the peaceful practice of his faith. The court will issue its verdict on 13 September. He is a prisoner of conscience.